Minna looked at the green hills in front of her and let out a long breath

It had been two days since she entered Fan'a, and what she saw in front of her was the flowers, plants, and fruit trees all over the mountains, and even the water was clearer and sweeter than in other places, with the sun shining but not scorching on her head, and the path paved with dry soil under her feet, and the green trees on the roadside, and the cool breeze in her face, although she was riding a horse, it also made people feel as if they were taking a leisurely walk, and it was really worthy of the kingdom of God that people reclaimed

After analyzing the clues provided by Arsina that day, the members of the Security Department decided to start the investigation with the three forces of Hobuyum and the Entertainment Oasis, and it would be best if they could find out the true identities of those who acted evil and carried strange things, otherwise they would at least find out where Esparo had gone

While they reported the information back to the country, in order to save time, they immediately divided into three routes, all the way to West, all the way to the Yudong Oasis west of Mongli, all the way to stay in Encore on standby, by the way to settle the rescued teenagers and girls, and to contact the official of Shaonan Fan'a to exchange information, while Minna, because she had been in Mengli and Entertainment Oasis, walked with Luma to Mengli, in order to save time, they decided to take a shortcut and borrow Fan'a for the first time

With the introduction of Father Riddle, they were able to obtain permission to enter Van Ah from the checkpoint near the city of Encore, and then head straight north to make a big bend at the foot of the hill than to take the Wisha side, where the distance was much shorter, and there was no need for wind, sand, water, and lodging along the way

Separated by a mountain, Weisha and Fana are completely different from the world, the west of Weisha is a yellow sand and gravel beach, and the east of Fan'a, but it is green mountains and green waters, but because it is a remote area, there are no towns, only a few small villages, surrounded by large areas of farmland and pastures, and the clear stream meanders through, and occasionally a few farmers walk slowly on the sheep intestine path

Minna undergoes annual training at the Security Service, and one of the important courses is to learn about the customs and political and economic information of various countries on the mainland, and she still remembers the general situation of this Illuminati country

Van A is a religious state, except for the capital of the central papacy, there are no big cities, mainly towns and villages, the people are mainly yeoman farmers and herdsmen, there are no nobles, but the temple personnel have a high status The army is also under the name of the Holy See There is no noble territory in this country, and there are no slaves, although the temples of all sizes have their own property and tenant farmers, but they have no dominance over the tenant farmers, and the tenant farmers are also their land believers, which is the object of their service, and the land rent and taxes are uniformly formulated by the state. No temple or individual is allowed to increase the quota without permission

The children of yeoman farmers and herdsmen, if they go out, can enter the local temple to receive education, after a few years of study, some will become monks, some will enter the Holy See army, and the rest will return to their own homes to continue the life of yeoman farmers or herdsmen into the army, when they are old, they can also go home to farm only a little, merchants are hereditary, ordinary citizens do not report to the official, and the central Holy See will issue a license, and they must not engage in commercial activities

The hillside in front of her was a patch of green, and it turned around to be a field of purple and red flowers, and she recognized that those flowers could be made into spices, and she remembered that the temples she had visited lit candles that seeped into this spice

Luma sighed in admiration and involuntarily slowed down the horse's pace: "It's really a good place Ai If I retire in a few years, I can find such a place in the country to retire, this life will be worth it!" ”

Minna nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "Uncle, in fact, there are such places in China, I think that several small towns in the east and west of Yixi and Meitonqiton are good places to retire, but the people there may not be so leisurely" She swept the nap in the distance, a few flower farmers glanced at it, and before noon, they actually stopped living and slept in the shade under the tree, isn't it leisurely?

Lu Mahaha laughed: "The taxes here are low and there are no natural disasters, of course people are leisurely, if it weren't for the ban on immigration by the Central Holy See, and the border is very guarded, a large group of people would have poured in to live here, it's a good thing, but it's a pity that I'm used to living a busy and lively life, and I can't stand it when I'm suddenly idle."

Minna followed his gaze and saw that it was a mother and son pushing a cart to deliver food and water to the flower farmers under the tree resting ground, the cart was nailed into wooden strips, the one-wheeled design was quite ancient, it was very inconvenient to push, now whether it is Yidong Shaonan or Nuojia land, the two-wheeled and three-wheeled carts are much better than this, the material is lighter, the body is stronger, and it can accommodate more things, only some remote villages still have one or two such old-fashioned cars, she somewhat understands the meaning of Lumadi, but it is normal to lock the country for a long time, and the land is more traditional than other countries

The people were laughing and laughing at each other and eating lunch, and the child caught a glimpse of Minna and Luma biting their fingers, and went to pull the corner of their mother's lichen, and said something, and pointed to them, and pointed to them, and pointed to them, and Na thought that the child was cute, smiled and waved at him, and the child shyly hid behind his mother, and peeked out, and the mother smiled and said two or three words to some of the flower farmers, and then came over with a rattan basket

Minna stopped her horse and looked at Luma in surprise, wondering what she was doing here

The peasant woman was short, short and chubby, her face was ruddy, she was typical, she was dressed in a reddish-brown sé with curly hair, a white sé round hat, a dark blue se top, a wide white sé square leader, a long gray sand skirt covered with a white sand bib, and a cloth straw sandals at her feet, she walked up to Minna and Luma, and nodded to them a little shyly: "You two are foreign guests, right?" Did you have lunch? We've got some bread for you to taste," and handed over the rattan basket in his hand

Minna hurriedly dismounted and took it: "You are so polite, Fei Chenxie, we are just looking for a place to eat" The peasant woman also pointed to the tree when she heard this: "Come to us, it's cool there"

"Thank you, but we have to hurry after eating, so we won't disturb you and your family" Luma took the conversation, took off his hat and bent down to salute the flower farmers in the distance, and then glanced at Minna, who hurriedly took out a few money, and before she could speak, the peasant woman waved her hand again and again: "No need, we really want to give it to you" Ran back to the tree with a smile, and looked back at the children and others and talked quietly

Minna folded, looked at the money in her hand, and then opened the green checkered cloth covered by the rattan basket, and saw that there were five or six white flour cakes, a small piece of homemade sausage, and two apples, and looked up at Luma, who sighed again: "The people here are really good..."

The people of Van A were indeed very good, and when Minna and the two stayed in a small village in the evening, the villagers specially vacated a newly built house in order to entertain them, and took out the best quilt in the village, and even slaughtered a pig that they had finally raised and planned to kill again on the May Festival, and made fragrant barbecue for them, and they wanted to pay for it, but they were sternly refused

Minna was very touched by the warmth and kindness of the villagers, and couldn't help but recall the situation after being abducted and trafficked.

Luma kept frowning and didn't speak, and Minna asked him curiously what was wrong, and he said, "The villagers here are indeed simple, kind, warm and kind, but... It's too kind, we're obviously strangers or foreigners, aren't they wary at all? Just now we took out dry food for them as a thank you gift, and they just took it to eat, didn't they think about what if we were bad people? ”

"It's... Probably not, right? It's just a small place, what will the bad guys do? Minna said this, but in fact, she began to worry in her heart, she remembered the village in the desert, is it because she is not wary of people, so she was slaughtered by those people of unknown origin, and only one child was left in the village?

"Some people just want to do bad things, or want to take advantage of others, this is a big place, the villages are separated by fifty or sixty miles, and there are mountains blocking the villagers who are defenseless, if someone wants to do bad things, as long as their hands and feet are clean, they will leave quickly, and when the people in other villages find out, they can't find out who did it" Luma shook his head as he said, "The people here are so simple, since the country is open, why don't you warn your own people in advance?" Or send more troops to patrol places where foreigners arrive, but we have not even a single soldier along the way, they are really too inconsiderate, if someone is harmed, what will become of these kind people? ”

Minna was depressed when she heard this, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Luma's words were reasonable, and she could not help but continue on her way for the simple villagers to get up, and on the fourth day they arrived at a small town, which was Father Riddle's hometown, and Minna had just finished dinner and sent the priest's letter to his family and friends, and received many thanks

She found that when people here mentioned Father Riddle, although they called him "the ugly bastard of the Riddles", there was no disdain in his tone, as if he were calling him "the stinky boy of the blacksmith's house", and when she heard her praise Father Priest, people also praised him with great pride, and when they mentioned his studious and diligent childhood, they did not forget to remind their children to learn from Father Riddle

They were also very supportive of Father Riddle's efforts to help orphans, abducted children and street children, leaving behind his esteemed high position in the Central Church to go to foreign border cities to preach, and although they did not understand him, they still silently helped him, and every quarter they would send a sum of money to him

Minna looked at the coarse cloth clothes on the people, and knew that for this not very wealthy town, it was probably not easy to make a quarterly grant, but they still donated, and it could be seen how kind they were, and she held back the tears in her eyes, and silently prayed in her heart: Let the god of light take care of his people, so that the crystal heart will not be harmed and blackened by evil

After three days of galloping, Minna and Luma met the Devan people, all of whom were hospitable, and they couldn't help but like the country, and seeing that Monri was about to arrive, they were very happy that the time was noon, because there were villages and places all the way, and they didn't bring much dry food, so they discussed buying more from the peasants, so as not to encounter an accident when they entered Monri, and saw a village in front of them, so they ran to that side

To their surprise, the villagers saw them coming on horseback from a distance, and actually rang the big bell at the entrance of the village, and then dozens of people came galloping with sticks, nails, palladium, hoes and other things, gathered at the entrance of the village, looking at them, there was scrutiny, there was also defense, and there was some resentment, which made their hearts full of bad feelings

A tall middle-aged man walked out and asked, "Who are you?" What are you doing in our village? His eyes looked warily at the knife at Luma's waist

Luma smiled bitterly, he didn't have storage accessories, so he couldn't do without weapons, right?

Minna had no choice but to reply: "We are passing through, we are coming from Shaonan, and we are going to Mengli, because the dry food is gone, and we are not enemies when we want to buy some food from you!" She jumped off her horse, raised her hands to show that she was not armed, and pulled out her purse to show that she was sincere in "buying" something

The middle-aged man glanced at "him" a few times and made a gesture behind him, and the villagers put away their weapons one after another and slowly walked back to their jobs, but they still looked at Minna and Luma from time to time, and the vigilance in their eyes was very obvious

Minna was suspicious, and the middle-aged man refused to let them enter the village, but only asked people to bring some food and water, and did not take money, and said: "Take it back, we don't covet your property, and you don't covet us" Then he turned around and entered the village, and several villagers standing next to him whispered about why they didn't leave after taking their things

Minna only felt that there was a breath in her heart, so she couldn't do it, Luma beckoned to her: "Let's go first" The two rode away on horseback, and when they reached a big tree, Minna couldn't help but kick the trunk: "It's so strange, why do they treat us like robbers?!" ”

"Maybe... They really met the robbers," Luma pondered for a moment and said, "Don't kick it, there's a kid staring at you over there, it's probably because this village is not far from Mengli, maybe someone came in and did something bad, which angered the villagers, don't take it personally"

Minna gradually lost her anger when she heard this, and saw that there was a boy staring at her in the distance, so she made a grimace at him, and turned around to break a dough cake to eat, in fact, the attitude of the villagers was really nothing, but she was warmly received for several days, and suddenly met a cold face, so she felt uncomfortable, and she thought about it, so she didn't care about it anymore

After eating enough, I drank a few sips of clean river water nearby, and looked at the sun that seemed to be a little violent, Minna suggested that Luma take a break before leaving, anyway, there is only half a day's road left from Mengli Luma was thinking about it, and suddenly heard a commotion in the distance, and the two looked together, and saw a convoy stopped at the entrance of the village, and several men dressed as Kameca merchants were arguing with the villagers, and it seemed that they must enter the village, Minna didn't want to pay attention, but heard the merchant shouting: "You Fan'a people don't know what to do!" If it weren't for us foreigners who brought you goods and money, you would have to live a poor life for the rest of your life! And you want to kick us out? Ungrateful! Is that how the God of Light teaches his people?! ”

Minna was stunned when she heard this, and she looked at Luma in surprise

The middle-aged man who stopped them just now was so angry that his face turned red, and he pointed at the merchant's nose and scolded, "Don't insult the God of Light!" You heretics don't deserve it! We never asked you to come, you came on your own! The girl who almost snatched us last time, and injured our child last time, what are you going to do this time?! ”

"This is slander!" The merchant shouted, "We Shaonan people never do such a thing!" It's obvious that your girl wants to go to a foreign country with us to see the world, and last time that child was trying to steal our things, we were just defending ourselves, and you actually dared to bite us back?! I will sue your Holy See and ask them to punish you people, or they will not want to get money from us foreigners!" ”

"Shut up!" Minna couldn't help but rush over, "You don't talk nonsense here!" ”

(Thank you for your concern, I'm getting better)